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Several month ago, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest ever recipient of the Novel Peace Prize. Advocating the idea of “education is first,” she has become a spokesperson for the importance of girl’s education and a challenge to gender discrimination in much of the world, including in particular her home country of Pakistan. Honor killings?a culturally- accepted type of murder?that almost exclusively targets young girls, is practiced primarily in Pakistan. This tradition is emblematic of a culture that deprives children, especially girls, of their rights to an education. However, according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1, all are born “free and equal.” As Pakistan is a member of the United Nations and a signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is necessary that it recognize education as universal human right. The purpose of this study is to examine the tension between “universal” ideas and “local” practices, focusing in particular on the importance of human rights education for children caught in a traditional culture where human rights are not recognized. |